From Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935), Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher, The Book of Disquiet, (published posthumously in 1982):
Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.
From Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935), Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher, The Book of Disquiet, (published posthumously in 1982):
Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.